Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | American Broadcasting Company. |
| Title: | Willowbrook Collection |
| Inclusive Dates: | circa 1972-1982 |
| Quantity: | 6 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Notes, videos and films relating to Geraldo Rivera's 1972 exposé of conditions at Staten Island's Willowbrook State School. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://scrc.syr.edu |
In 1972 television reporter and talk show host Geraldo Rivera, then a budding journalist working for ABC's Eyewitness News, conducted a series of investigations at the Willowbrook State School for the Mentally Retarded, on Staten Island. His work resulted in a televised documentary entitled "Willowbrook: The Last Great Disgrace" which exposed the deplorable conditions and the rampant abuse and neglect of the residents. The report won a Peabody Award and led to changes in state law and to new standards for the treatment of the mentally disabled across the country, as well as making Rivera a national star. Willowbrook closed in 1987 and the area is now part of the campus of Staten Island College.
The Willowbrook Collection consists of notes, photographs, videos, and films relating to "Willowbrook: The Last Great Disgrace." There are also a few unrelated items, such as a copy of Rivera's biography, Exposing Myself.
The collection has not been processed and remains in original order. The inventory is a simple box list.
There are no access restrictions on this material.
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Additional material relating to disability and disabled persons may be found in several other collections, including the William Langner Papers, the James Pirkl Papers, the James Thornton Correspondence, and the Rowley Family Papers.
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Willowbrook Collection,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library
Gift of Paul R. Dolan, 1993.
Created by: MRC
Date: Apr 1997
Revision history: 11 Dec 2009 - converted to EAD (MRC)
| Box listing | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Guide to overall resources | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Guide to legal resources | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Guide to film and tape resources | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | One to One key documents | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Community acceptance resources | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Investigating abuse | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Roi home video (1 videotape) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | The Willowbrook Case (1 videotape) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | One to One files | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Clips, correspondence 1972-1982 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Photos, Willowbrook report, WABC News | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Film strips (negatives) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Willowbrook photos | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | ARC photos | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Media awards | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Concert, Chicago 1977 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Dance Marathon 1978-1979 | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | One to One history shots, TBE (1 Kodak box) | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Exposing Myself, Geraldo Rivera | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Community acceptance | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | Observing and gaining community acceptance - books and pamphlets | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | One to One selected home shots, miscellaneous negatives | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Center on Human Policy | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | How to Create Interiors for the Disabled, Jane Randolph Cary | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Unequal Justice?, Robert Perske | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | New Neighbors, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Access, The Guide to a Better Life for the Disabled Americans, Lilly Bruck | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Creating Community Acceptance for Handicapped People, Roberta Nelson | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Alternatives in the community for the developmentally disabled - pamphlets and guidebooks | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Bernard Carabello: A Willowbrook Case | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | Syracuse | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | 20/20 (1 film reel) | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | Evening News Apr 1977 | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | 20/20 | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | Eyewitness News Jan 1977 (2 copies) | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | Good Morning America 1977 (3 copies) | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | Yes You Can - story of Tommy Loughlin, Down syndrome child | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | 20/20 "Willowbrook update" 1982 | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | ABC News "Death in the Nursery" investigation | ||||||||||
| Videos | |||||||||||
| Box 6 | One to One Telethon 1981 (4 copies) | ||||||||||
| Box 6 | One to One television special 1979 (3 copies) | ||||||||||
| Box 6 | One to One television special 1980 (4 copies) | ||||||||||
| Box 6 | Self Advocacy: the Developmentally Disabled Speak for Themselves | ||||||||||
| Box 6 | Channel 5 News Jan 1977 | ||||||||||
